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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8943

10 May 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/social/adjustment of working hours
Alejandro Cercas expects EU to send strong signal to Council that something must change regarding workers' fundamental rights - Little likelihood of reaching political agreement in Council in June

Brussels, 09/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday in Strasbourg, the European Parliament will be voting in first reading on the report by Alejandro Cercas (PES, Spain) relating to the proposal of directive amending Directive 2003/88/EC concerning certain aspects of working time adjustment. The dossier will then be forwarded to the Employment and Social Affairs Council of 2-3 June in Luxembourg, in the hope of reaching a political agreement. “I am optimistic but I do not think an agreement...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Constitution: The progress of the yes vote in France is understandable, but it's not over yet
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/SCHUMAN DECLARATION: European Commission commemorates 60th anniversary of end of second world war - Borrell says peace between Europeans is irreversible
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Oli Rehn judges reforms “irreversible” and insists on fact that rhythm of EU progress depends on Turkey
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM: Commission congratulates Tony Blair on re-election
(EU) EU/ASEM: EU calls on North Korea to resume six-party talks on nuclear programme without delay and on Burma to release all political prisoners
(EU) EU/JAPAN: Discussions between EU Troika and Japan focus on United Nations reform and Iraq
(EU) EU/CHARLEMAGNE PRIZE: Receiving 2005 prize, President Ciampi calls on Europeans “to work together on what is wrong with our system” - For a “constructive dialectic between monetary policy and budgetary policy” and for Europe as “space of joint civilisation”
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION: Reaction to European disenchantment, no longer European policy, affirms Bronislaw Geremek - need to tell Europe's story
(EU) EU/TOGO: Commission takes note of election of Faure Gnassimgbe to Togo presidency -call for national reconciliation and respect for human rights and public freedoms
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Youth and a Europe of 46
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Integrated guidelines and Programme for innovation and competitiveness on agenda
(EU) EU/WTO/TRADE: Agreement between main WTO members on conversion of specific agricultural duty into ad valorem equivalents - Hope for resumption of Round
(EU) EU/TRADE/TEXTILES: Peter Mandelson hopes to avoid hasty decision on implementing safeguard measures
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: President Barroso tells Daniel Cohn-Bendit that he still intends to reallocate dossiers on case-by-case basis where there is potential conflict of interest
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commissioner Fischer Boel hopes for agreement on reform of sugar sector by November - Member States divided
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: October farmers' congress in Strasbourg
(EU) EU/CHEMICALS: Latest REACH sectorial impact studies on industry at centre of Luxembourg Presidency seminar to help work along
(EU) EU/CHEMICALS: Greenpeace calls for systematic application of principle of substitution in REACH regulation
(EU) EU/ENERGY/ELECTRICITY: Andris Piebalgs welcomes better electricity connections between Belgium and France and points out their crucial role in attaining internal electricity market
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial producer prices up by 0.6% in euro-zone up by 0.7% in EU25
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/ADJUSTMENT OF WORKING HOURS: Alejandro Cercas expects EU to send strong signal to Council that something must change regarding workers' fundamental rights - Little likelihood of reaching political agreement in Council in June
(EU) EU/TAXATION:
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Seminar of legal cooperation in criminal matters
(EU) EP/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Council's framework proposal on holding data is unacceptable at it stands, say experts
(EU) EU/PALESTINE: Temporary joint association agreement committee meeting in Brussels on 11 May
(EU) EU/EESC/MAY PLENARY: Changes to working time, role of sustainable development in financial perspectives, European funding for fishing and system of own resources at centre of session's work
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET/SERVICES: Culture committee excludes cultural, audiovisual and press services from “services” directive
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/COMPETITIVENESS: Anders Gustav says EU, Member States and regional authorities must be actively involved in strengthening European competitiveness
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
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